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Oil Drop Off

The Department of Environment and Heritage (DEH) has commissioned more than 700 oil drop off stations to be installed in transfer stations across Australia. 

In response to the Department’s concerns about the adequacy of training for both operatives and managers of these facilities, the Construction and Property Services Industry Skills Council (CPSISC) was contracted to undertake a scoping study of the skills required. This entailed undertaking a skills analysis of selected sites. During June 2005, many sites were visited to undertake a task analysis of the people working in oil drop off facilities. 

This scoping study identified the following skills that are required by operatives and managers for the effective operation of oil drop off stations: 

  • Receive Used Oil
  • Identify Waste Oil Product 
  • Store Oil or Non-oil Product 
  • Decant Oil 
  • Implement Spill Procedures 
  • Record Oil Delivery/Despatch 
  • Educate Public 
  • Advise Customers of Non-acceptance of Waste Product 
  • Use Hydraulic Lift Device

Following the skills analysis, a scan of existing competency standards was conducted to identify if existing competency standards covered the skill set required. From this scan, the report concluded that existing competency standards (with the majority from the Asset Maintenance National Training Package PRM04 - Waste Management Sector) can be utilised for operatives and managers provided there were specific changes made to these standards. 

 As they stood, the range statements in the competency standards did not specifically refer to waste oil either as a waste or a recyclable product. The report recommended that the relevant competency standards be reviewed and changed.  

Following discussions, the Department of the Environment and Heritage (DoEH) engaged the Construction and Property Services Industry Skills Council (CPSISC) to undertake the task of formulating, validating and shepherding these through the State Training Authorities as the required procedure for changing national competency standards. 

  Click here to download the changed units.

The redeveloped units were endorsed in January 2007 and DEST is managing the process to have the units displayed on NTIS.

Last updated 20 December 2007.